Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 619 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 111 Parallax 8.09 6% 42.3 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.6 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 241 215 219 202 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 464 Mixed 256 SusWrite 215 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 46.6 166% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 243 202% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 167 165 162 167 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 355 Write 249 Mixed 284 SusWrite 168 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.5 161% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 184 149% 207 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%
WL1000GSA6472R 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 74 75 74 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 73.1 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 77%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 108 110 111 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 113 Write 95.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 110 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	571x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	261x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	108x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16